EFFPortland is here! And the lineup is fresh (check out my film a year in fears at the Clinton Street Theater at the Covalent Bonds screening on 5/24 at 8pm… But go to the whole festival too!):
ACTIVATED COMPLEX AT galleryHOMELAND: SATURDAY, MAY 11
Curated by Julie Perini and Jodie Cavalier
Trojan Horse Brian King
Salt Lick Allison Halter
Human ontology – why we are the way we are Helli Kontinnen
Transmission Ernest Wedoff & Tim Ferrell
Uncertainty Principle Julie Perini & Jodie Cavalier
Happening #5 by Time Arts Club
EQUILIBRIUM: TUESDAY, MAY 21 at Studio Two
Curated by Julie Perini and Jodie Cavalier
Iterations: a 16mm film projector performance with dancers by Mike Morris/Danielle Georgiou/Julie McKendrick
The Church of Contemporary Art: a performance by Angela Watters & Cole Robertson
Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling]: a 16mm projector performance by Kristin Reeves
CATALYST: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 at Studio Two
UP Scott Fitzpatrick
Minispectacles: Touche, Douche, Souche, Along, Against M. Suomi-Väänänen
Talking Me Metrah Pashaee
Break a Thick Mug Christopher Wiersema
White Coat Phenomenon Kristin Reeves
Morris James JA Mercer
Rust Desert Lisa Seidenberg
Heaven Sacha Ratcliffe
Save the Whales Isabel Fondevila
Fallout Paul Turano
Emotional Sundiving Tony Balko
Suchstuff Benjamin Fox
Tape Loading Error Sandra Araeúo
Locus Solus Jessye McDowell
Song for Elliot Jacques Tommy Becker
Surface II Sam Spreckley
LAB PARTNERS: THURSDAY, MAY 23
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE: Lecture and workshop with Jodie Mack at Portland State University
Visiting artist Jodie Mack will deliver a lecture on the history of light projection in abstract animation and lead a workshopon different techniques of handmade experiments in light for use in contemporary practices. From early experiments by Thomas Wilifred, Louis Bertrand Castel, and Mary Hallock Greenwalt to the light projections of Mike Leonard, Joshua Light Show to live A/V experiments, this lecture will address the function of light performance in contemporary culture. Following the lecture, students will engage in a hands-on workshop with DIY light projection.
Digital Cut-Out Animated Joke Workshop: with Kenny Reed at Portland Community Media
Kenny Reed will offer a 2 hr workshop using both Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. Using re-appropriated images from the web, learn how to create basic movements and mattes through which narrative stories and jokes can be told through the characters’ mouths.
Class will take place Portland Community Media and be FREE
Limit 10 participants
Kenny Reed is a filmmaker and animator living and working in Chicago Il. Using both DIY computer methods combined with advanced videography skills Kenny seeks to create unique works that both provoke and awe the viewer.
at Studio Two
Weird Worlds: Experiments in Animation (Co-presented with Cinema Project)
Stalking the Wild Washi: A performance by Devon Damonte
Dusty Stacks of Mom: the Poster Project, by Jodie Mack
SUPERSATURATED: FRIDAY, MAY 24 at the Clinton Street Theater
Injury on a Theme Amy Halpern
Dawn of the Rainbow Katie Goodwin
Deja Vu Dujour Mike Olenick
Pastoral Josh Mabe
Do You Know What Love Is Leni Huyghe
I Feel You Ulf Kristiansen
Dubus Alexei Dmitriev
Imperfect Video Jason Halprin
COVALENT BONDS: FRIDAY, MAY 24 at the Clinton Street Theater
Star Bells: A Performance by Brian Bloss
Possessed Pam Minty with live voice over by Jeremiah Mitchel
Entrance Stephen Slappe
1984 Kiel Fletcher
The Road Here Jennifer Hardacker
Swami Streams Elliot Vaughn Richter
Derelict Dirigibles Carl Diehl
Portland Meadows Vanessa Renwick
Counter’s Edge Dylan Witchcock
Ostrasizeable Simon Rebekah Volinsky
It came and went and it was nothing Bob Moricz
Film of Sound Will Luers, Roger Dean, Hazel Smith
Wild Bichons Stefan Nadelman
Monster Movie Jodi Darby
a year in fears Alley Pezanoski-Browne
Pyramid Wake Karl Lind
Torn Qathi Hart
The Path Kurtis Hough
Metal Meltdown April Jones
Dreams of War, Dreams of Lies, Dreams of Dragon’s Fire Chris Freeman
VOLATILE (NSFW): FRIDAY, MAY 24 at Funhouse Lounge
Naked Love – Ea’s Garden Sarah Koppel
The Stranger Ron Diorio
FILTH Emma Varker
The Flesh Eating Beetles Kenny Reed
In My Room Chance Taylor
The Magical Theater Jovanna Tosello
Sexy 8 Daniela Zahiner
Bands: Boyfunk, Hot Victory, Poppet
NUCLEON: SATURDAY MAY 25 at Studio Two
Whale Story Tess Martin
Borboletas Delicadas (Delicate Butterflies) Wladymir Lima
Background Singer Javier Villegas
(Dis) Connect 2 Emeka Ogboh
Never Be That Tough Nancy Jean Tucker
IT DOESN’T MATTER Lori Felker
Pargu Sean Grounds
Spring Tide Sean Hanley
You Are Here Leslie Supnet
Rolling Stock Dan Inglis
9 Pixels of Katy Perry – “California Gurls” William Burn
Free Movements Mikhail Basov
VISCOSITY: SATURDAY MAY 25 at Studio Two
The Plunge Emily Jones
Ghost House Melanie Menard
Oscillare Lauren Feiring
Last of Our Kind Reed O’Beirne
Hologram Analogies Dustin Zemel
He Can’t Do Anything Wrong Pete Brooks
A Study of the Irrational Knowledge of the Metro Noah Teichner
E215 Scott Willis
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude. The secret cinema of Jerzy Treblinka. Luca Gennari
RESONANCE STRUCTURE: SATURDAY MAY 25 at Studio Two
Elegy for the Living As Sung By the Dying, Part One Brent Coughenour
Pretty in Pink Paul O’Donoghue
Under Bright Stars Jeremy Rourke
14 x 14 Alberto Cabrera Bernal & Albert Alcoz
Wreading Jesse Malmed
Oro Parece Juan David Gonzalez Monroy & Anja Dornieden
Ten Skies Clint Enns
Spettrografia di una battaglia Fabio Scacchioli and Vincenzo Core
Shift Max Hattler
Flexing Muscles Charles Fairbanks
Thin Douglas Urbank
and the Serpent reveals his true self. Alex Hansen
The Sight Jeremy Moss
Friday Vacation Kim Kielhofner
NOBLE GASES: SATURDAY MAY 25 at Studio Two
Interstitial Project (multiple works) Matt McCormick
TRIP Paulista Marcia Beatriz Granero
Digital Decay Tyler Lynch
UpEnded Brenda L Burmeister
Periapsis Timothy Orme
A Catechism of Familiar Things Gina Marie Napolitan
Pittsburgh 8/5/68 Ted Kennedy
The Quilpo Dreams of Waterfalls Pablo Mazzolo
Charade Salise Hughes
Gephyrophobia Caroline Monnet
THE LAST EFF AFTER PARTY: SATURDAY MAY 25 at Holocene
Light Makes Music: A Performance by Lori Felker
Bands: Brumes, Regular Music
Music: DJ Ill Camino, DJ Copy, DJ Musique Plastique, DJ Cenobites
PRECIPITATES: SUNDAY MAY 26 at The Clinton Street Theater
THE B SIDE
curated by Karl Lind
3 pm
THE CLARITY OF OBSCURITY
curated by Amir George
The Clarity of Obscurity delves into the various forms of experimental film practices. The works featured are guided meditations of personal reflections and gradual assembly. Each piece unlocks the door of misinterpretation for the viewer to walk into a better form of understanding.
5 pm
Jubilation – 14 min by Tommy Heffron
All Motion and Light – 10 min by Nelson Carvajal
Mouth – 2 min by Timothy David Orme
Ginger Rogers – 12 mins by Joseph Missurelli
La Ultima Barca – 5 min by Jason Ogawa
For Claire – 20 min by Alice Cohen
Solipsist – 10 min – by Andrew Thomas Huang
Alley Pezanoski-Browne 